PTHREADKILL(2) BSD System Calls Manual PTHREADKILL(2)

NAME
     pptthhrreeaaddkkiillll - send a signal to a specified thread

SYNOPSIS
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     int
     pptthhrreeaaddkkiillll(pthreadt thread, int sig);

DESCRIPTION
     The pptthhrreeaaddkkiillll() function sends a signal, specified by sig, to a
     thread, specified by thread.  If sig is 0, error checking is performed,
     but no signal is actually sent.

RETURN VALUES
     If successful, pptthhrreeaaddkkiillll() returns 0.  Otherwise, an error number is
     returned.

EERRRROORRSS
     pptthhrreeaaddkkiillll() will fail if:

     [EINVAL]           sig is an invalid or unsupported signal number.

     [ESRCH]            thread is an invalid thread ID.

LEGACY SYNOPSIS
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     The include file  is necessary.

SEE ALSO
     kill(2), pthreadself(3), raise(3), compat(5)

STANDARDS
     pptthhrreeaaddkkiillll() conforms to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1996 (``POSIX.1'')

BSD                              Feb 05, 2002                              BSD